Tagged

Sorry for my long absence, but we don't have dsl here at our new house I don't have much patience for dial-up. I'm about to go batty!

Well, Ive been tagged by Shari so goes nothing...

What was I doing 10 years ago:

I don't really remember but Shari says we were getting ready for ou last deputation tour that we would go on as a family and I was finishing my freshman year of high school.

Things on my to do list:

Spend some time with a friend
Organize the youth financial records
Dig out some things for my yard sale
Go see my niece & nephew (sometime this week)
Get stuff ready for the youth scavenger hunt & sleepover this weekend

Snacks I enjoy:

Ice cream
Chocolate
Chips & salsa

My 3 worst habits:

Procrastinating
Leaving jobs half done
Not keeping in touch with my family & friends

If I were a billionaire I'd...

Give to missions
Build a new church with BIG sunday school rooms
Travel

Places I've lived:

Edinburg, TX
Donna, TX
Snow Camp, NC
San Fransisco, Mexico
Saltillo, Mexico
Monterrey, Mexico
Jalpa, Mexico
San Ildefonso, Mexico
Salamanca, Mexico
Penns Creek, PA
Middleburg, PA
Richfield,PA

Jobs I've held:

Cleaning houses
Weekend Cook (PVBI)
Receptionist (PVBI)
Caregiver for an elderly woman
Wife

I tag:

Amber Martin
Ethan Martin
Alyssa Peters

Happenings

Caila acting her usual self. (This is actually an improvement!)

Finishing up painting in the kitchen. Cavid just realized that I was taking his picture and was trying to get away, but I got him anyway.
Lots of people have come to help us with this project and we are so thankful. It would have been overwelming without them.
The downstairs is finally painted and is waiting to be re-carpeted.

Valentine Dinner

I'm just getting around to posting pictures of the Valentine Dinner that our youth group hosted for our church. We had it last Saterday and everything turned out really nice!

Bro. Tucker was our special speaker.
Cheryl & Caslyn made one of these cakes for each person that came. They did a good job on them.


Cheryl's birthday was the same day so we surprised her with a cake. What made it really great was that she was in a funny mood and had just done her hair up this way. She was really embarrased when we surprised her and then took pictures!

New House

Here are some pictures of the house we are getting ready to move into. As you can see it needs a lot of work. We are making progress, but it's slow. When we're done I'll post more pictures.

Happy Birthday, Ryleigh!

Is Huckabee a Liberal?

We have been great supporters of Mike Huckabee since he was only at 2% in the polls. I like his debating ability and straight answers when other candidates try to dodge the questions. I agree with his stands on the issues.
Lately I have heard so much talk of how Mike Huckabee is a liberal. I have even heard that Rush Limbaugh stated that the Republican party is going to be destroyed if Huckabee or McCain get the nomination. McCain is a terrible candidate and this I know.
However I have not been able to find out why Huckabee is being called a liberal. If anyone out there can explain to me why Huckabee is such a liberal and why McCain, Romney, or Paul are better candidates, I would greatly appreciate an explanation. I am tired of people labeling him a liberal. I want real examples to prove that he is liberal and real reasons why others are more conservative.

Babysitting

I love the look on Ryleigh's face in this picture! She saw me taking her picture & since she couldn't see my face she thought I was hiding, so she was trying to peek around the camera.

This girl really knows how to eat. She was up watching me cut up tomatoes & helped herself to almost a whole tomato. That was besides a bunch of Trix cereal.

This gives a pretty good picture of how many people were at the March. Warning: this video is about 9 minutes long.

March for Life 2008

We were able to take some of our church youth to the March for Life in Washington DC this year. We shared the experience with Penn View's civics class. We rode in the Penn View coach to the event. It was a great experience for our youth. There were thousands of people there to protest abortion. We heard many speakers including Ron Paul, Sam Brownback, and the brother of Terri Schiavo. This is a great opportunity to see that the pro-life movement is strong and passionate about defending life. It was very empowering to be there!!!

Getting to the March for Life

Caila "fixing" the emergency exit on the coach.
Led by our fearless leader (Mr. Tolley), the group heads to the national mall.

At the March

Defending life is fun!
Marissa trying to keep warm.
One voice of thousands.

The march was packed with pro-lifers. Many people in the offices around the march were watching as the masses creeped by their windows. We never thought we were going to get to the end.

On the way home

Cranky on the way home!
Buddy impersonating Bro. Tucker.
A hungry bunch at Burger King. Mandy was our only sane person on the trip.
Wittle Caila all tuckered out!!

Very enthusiastic kids!

Whatever you do, don't smile, Bethany. :)
Joey is one of our outreach kids. He is very mischievous, but very loving, too.

Cheryl's gonna kill me!

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Just wanted to wish my wonderful mother & friend a very happy birthday. Wish we could be with you to help celebrate! Thank you for all the times you have been there for me & for being one of my best friends! I love you!

Brenda

Shopping Spree!

Here are my Kohls treasures:

2 shirts for Brent reg.$36, sale $7.20ea

brown skirt reg. $30, sale $9.00

jean skirt reg. $30, sale $3

country coffee sign reg. $19.99, sale 3.99

These were buy 1 get 1 free:

2 coffee plaques reg. $9.99

2 Country signs reg. $11.99

1 (set of 2) selves reg. $29.99

Live, Laugh, Love frame set reg. 24.99

1 (set of 4) coffee mugs

1 (set of 4) coffee plates

Total before sales: $280.92

Total after sales: $112.21

After gift cards: $8.07 (Thanks to Mom L. & Krista)

This was an answer to prayer because we are going to be moving next month & I really wanted to get some things for our house. I had the gift cards but I really wanted to stretch them as far as possible since there are always a lot of extra expenses when you move. It was awesome to be able to keep adding things to my cart because needed these things & had the money for it, for a change. I think now I know what it is like to be high! :)

Yes, I sell my purses!

For those of you that have asked if I sell my purses- yes I do. If you are interested in buying one they are $40 dollars. If you would like one just email me at brentnbrenda@verizon.net let me know which one you want or what colors you would like & I will try to get back with you.

$25 worth of stuff for $.15

I have been shopping at cvs for a few months now & wanted to show you just a little of what I have been getting. It does take a little planning & research to find the good deals and the good coupons, but it is not really that hard & it is a lot of fun to see how much you can get! Right now I think this is my #1 hobby. If you want more info on how I do it go here.

Alicia's Leaving :(

We have really been enjoying having my sister, Alicia here from GBS. We are going to miss her when she leaves.

New Furniture

We finally bit the bullet & got new furniture. I am so picky that I am surprised that I found something that I really love.